Associate Director, Donor Stewardship

Position Title: Associate Director, Donor Stewardship

Department: Development

Location: Remote in approved states *

Key Relationships: Reports to: Senior Director, Foundation Relations and Donor Stewardship

Direct Reports: None

Assignment Type: Full time

Compensation: $93,200 to $106,000

Benefits: Click here to learn more about our benefits!

Application Requirements: Resume, applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

About Americares:

Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

About the position:

The purpose of the Associate Director, Donor Stewardship role is to help foster a comprehensive understanding among members of the Development Department of Americares priorities, programs and impact across all program areas . They play an important, centralized role in sourcing, developing and distributing content that the Foundation Relations, Strategic Partnerships, Individual Philanthropy and Direct Response teams can use and adapt for donor communications and stewardship. They are stewards of the Americares brand, messaging, objectives and outcomes and support the ways in which donors can engage with Americares through philanthropic support.

Key Outcomes:

In the first 90 day s , the Associate Director will have established deep working relationships with key members of Development, Marketing & Communications, Programs and Finance teams, as well has a deep knowledge of Americares strategy, operational priorities, budget and programs. They will have enough familiarity with the various sources of donor stewardship content to serve as the primary point of contact for members of Development seeking collateral/messaging/impact stories/multimedia assets/etc. They will begin managing programmatic fundraising pipeline tracker for private funding opportunities.

In the first 6 months, the Associate Director will creat e a 12-month Stewardship plan and calendar, with input from multiple stakeholders across the Development department . They will develop a strategy for enhancing donor-facing cases for support and begin to execute on that strategy . They will be able to lead all internal communications to the Development Department in a sudden onset emergency response phase. They will be able to provide high-quality funding proposal and report writing and budget development support to members of the Development Department for private proposals. They will c reate and roll out a system for prioritizing grant support to members of Development.

In the first year, the Associate Director will be a leading voice in the Development Department in being able to communicate the value of Americares programs and impact . They will act as a key departmental resource in understanding and communicating programmatic fundraising priorities and gap-to-goal. They will also be the key resource for Development department in understanding Americares funding/program cycle SOP .

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Lead internal communications and donor outreach content development for Development around emergency responses.
• Liaise with Marketing and Communications Department to ensure big-picture alignment on priority campaigns, stories, multimedia products and messages throughout the year to advance fundraising goals.
• Lead the development of collateral for priority fundraising areas, including regular programmatic updates; cases for support; capacity statements and PowerPoints; and event talking points.
• Restricted funding proposals and reports by working with members of Foundation Relations, Strategic Partnerships, Individual Philanthropy as well as with the Programs and Finance teams to source and write narratives and budgets.
• Track and communicate programmatic funding priorities and goals, progress against those goals and manage programmatic fundraising pipeline tracker .
• Work with gift officers/prospect managers to create customized stewardship plans for enterprise-level donors; support the coordination and execution of donor-specific stewardship plans, working with gift officer/prospect manager, Mar keting and Communications , Programs team members, etc.

We’d love to hear from you if …

• You have prior experience that highlights attention to detail and a results-oriented working style
• You have language skills in at least one of our core languages , other than English : Spanish, Tagalog, Hindi, Kiswahili, Haitian Creole (this would be a plus, but is not a requirement)
• You have above average competency in using Excel, PowerPoint and/or other presentation programs (this would be a plus, but is not a requirement)
• Y ou have US work authorization ( required )
• You have experience with Microsoft SharePoint, Teams, Tableau or other data visualization programs and donor databases (this would be a plus, but is not a requirement)
• You have familiarity with humanitarian aid, international development, global health and/or public health themes, concepts and trends (this would be a plus, but is not a requirement)
• You are able to thrive both in a team and independently in a remote work environment
• You are self-starter with a commitment to ongoing learning and curiosity
• You have demonstrated experience in donor communications, including experience writing for a range of audiences and are comfortable varying tone and voice (minimum of 2-3 years)
• You have significant demonstrated experience in research, analysis and technical writing (grant writing or other) in a nonprofit or for-profit business context (minimum of 2-3 years)
• You have demonstrated experience in building strong working relationships across internal stakeholders
• You are highly organized and can develop and execute on processes that promote efficiencies

Additionally, our core competencies as an organization are:

• Equity and inclusion
• Strategy and planning
• Management
• Communication
• Decision making
• Problem solving
• Teamwork and conflict resolution
• Leadership
• Prioritization
• Ownership and results

We know not all applicants will demonstrate all the competencies we’re looking for , and that women and underrepresented groups tend to not apply unless they meet all the requirements . We encourage you to apply even if you do not check all the boxes above, and we look forward to reviewing your application holistically.

What you can expect:

• Reference check
• Video interview with team (ap proximately 1.5 hours)
• Interview with People and Talent ( 45 minutes )
• Background check and onboarding
• Offer!
• Competency exercise

As a global health organization, we are committed to ensuring a safe environment for our staff, partners, and visitors. All Americares staff and visitors who are on-site at any of our locations or will be traveling for work are required to be fully vaccinated (which includes a booster, when eligible) against COVID-19 unless an exemption required by law is applicable.

Americares is currently authorized to support remote work employees in the following locations: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington . Please note that we do not provide relocation assistance at this time.

Americares is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To request a disability accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected].